In association with the International Commission of Jurists

Author: Mark R. Shulman

07 Sep

Among several fascinating themes in Farer and Kris Boon dialogue has been the detention and trial of accused terrorists.  Governments that feel besieged frequently depart from peace-time standards.  Their lawyers and diplomats try to justify the departures.  And some arguments are better than others.  But rarely does the public have the opportunity to weigh in on whether to depart from...

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04 Sep

Building on Tom Farer’s insights, my friend Chris Borgen asks if “what we have is more like a grid with varying degrees of multilateralism and unilateralism as well as degrees of interventionism and noninterventionism.” Chris’s grid helps to explain intervention, i.e. when and how to intervene.  He implies that policy is made to reflect and implement ideas about the relationships...

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